Demilune Tables - Part One

OK, Lee, I’m on my way over to hang around your shop. Who know, I might get lucky and score one of your beautiful Demilune Tables. LOL

How about the legs? Are these solid wood or veneered?

Love your work, Mate!

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Hi Don;

Thank you. I really enjoy making them. I’m sure if you did stop by there’d be one laying around for you!

The legs are veneered, over poplar.

I really wish I would have gotten a better shot of the top. The rosewood is gorgous.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Mr. Lee, do you mill your own veneers?

Hi BlueStingrayBoots,

Not the ones used on these projects.

I do resaw lumber, but it is generally about 1/8” thick.

Lee

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OK Lee how about some dimensions for this project? I know there will be some of us LJ’s that will give this a try.

-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"

Lee, another beautiful piece of work. Those legs look great – both in shape and pattern. I keep threatening to use veneer, but never get around to it. I have a collection from resawing done on other projects. Just need to give it a go.

-- Bob

Hey Roger,

Sure, no problem. When I get out to the a little later this morning, I’ll get them, and post on page two.

While I’m out there, I ‘ll get some shots of some of the shapes I’ve made. (The templates)

Roger, I was just thinking, on my woodworking tips website, there is a section on veneering that has a lot of photos on joining and working with veneers. Check them out.

I gotta WARN you guys, this stuff is highly addictive! LOL

Lee.

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Hi Bob,

So, you’re a leg man too huh?

Bob, I high recommend you give it a shot. It really doesn’t require that much equipment to do, or much space.

And the possibilities….

Lee

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And why give these beautiful tables away? Are you Santa. They look pretty to me and should be worth a lot of money. But it’s your time and money. Nice table though. jockmike.

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Hi Mike,

Yeah I know, but I’m kind of lazy, and finding a buyer for them seems like a pain in the neck. Maybe I should put them on e-bay huh?

I am open for suggestions.

And yes they are very beautiful. God makes some really nice wood.

You still didn’t tell me what the profisher 50 stands for. Your boat?

Lee

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Lee, you are definitely pushing me towards trying some veneer work, which I’ve been wanting to do anyway.

By the way, I finally checked out your website, and it looks to be a veritable treasure chest of helpful information! Thanks!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Amazing work Lee….you make it sound easy.

I think giving these away is a great idea. Your process seems to make the creation relatively quick and easy. My choice of who got at least some of them would be driven by self interest though. A very good client, a gift to your well connected doctor or lawyer, get them where they could be seen by those that could afford to buy. Although from the quality of the work you’ve displayed here you probably don’t want for clients. Maybe you should give them to your new buddies at LJ….;)

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Hi Charlie M,

Glad you checked out the site.

And I do recommend giving veneering a shot. You won’t be able to find more beautiful wood, that is affordable too! And the process is good for the resource, as the wood goes much futher in thin pieces, rather than thick!

OOH the possibilities…

Lee

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Lee.. you’re drooling I think lol

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Hi Bob,

The table on the project page went to the same client that the home office was built for. So you pretty much guessed where they go.

I guess a well connect doctor would be the one on the other end of the stethescope, huh?

Someone once said, “if you can’t afford to market something, give it away”. Hint Hint.

Regarding giving them to my new friends here at LJ, someone else once said, “give a man a fish, feed him for a day, teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime”.

Just kidding about that last wise crack. I think there are far too many friends here, for that to work out!

Lee

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I think I see an online “class” coming! yippee

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Boy, I set myself up for that huh, MsDebbieP.

I have to watch me every minute!

Lee

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well, yah… it sure sounded like one big hint!! :D

hmm perhaps an upcoming Live Chat!!!
haha I have connections … get your thinking cap on

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Debbie;

I don’t know if I could make this stuff up fast enough for a live chat.

Funny story. I took an internet marketing course last fall in Seattle, WA. Three day seminar. The idea behind my being there was to learn how to promote my ezee-feed product on the internet.

After arriving, I learned they had what they called hot seats. This is where they picked someone from the audience, and the experts would review their website. I thought that would be great to get these experts to check out my site. Most of these hot seats had three or four experts doing the reviews, even though there were about fifteen of them there. It seemed like whoever was in the back of the room would do the review.

Well I went up to the promoter and asked him to do my site. He told me this was pre arranged during the registration process, but he would try to squeeze it in.

On the last day of the seminar, a Sunday, it still didn’t happen. I thought he forgot. At lunch time I went into the hotel restaurant and ordered lunch, and a martini. Well I finished the martini, but lunch hadn’t arrived yet.
So I ordered another martini. I’m not much of a drinker, but it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Just as I finished the second martini, someone tapped me on the shoulder and said you’re on in five minutes.
Great, no lunch and two martinis.

When I got to the room ALL the experts were sitting there waiting for me. I haven’t done any public speaking since third grade, and I didn’t like it then.

These hot seats usually lasted for five minutes. Mine lasted fourty. The experts were impressed with the idea that I built a website, invented a product, got the provisional patent myself. Then the audience got involved with questions about the product and the patenting process. It was like a zoo.

Since the hot seat lasted so long, the promoter decided to take a quick break and resume the seminar. As soon as I walked towards the door, I was swarmed by the audience, with hundreds of questions. That took another thirty minutes.

Well I think they learned more about me than I did about fixing my website. I did enjoy it though, and wasn’t nervous, which really surprised me.

Lee

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Excellent looking table. I’d be hanging out with Don. So if you happen to see two fellas or should say, blokes hanging around your shop, it will be us. LOL. It looks like you’ve got a great setup for doing this type of work, too. I enjoyed your website, too. I’m looking forward to your next installment.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Hi Os,

Thanks. Are you down under also?
Lee

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so.. you were able to manage a 40 min. discussion followed by a 30 min. discussion. That would be a total of 1 hour and 10 min.
So…. I am pretty confident that you could do an hour chat with no problems!
Yup…

Host: Our very own LJ the LJ
Topic: marketing
Time: ? – ? (to be determined)
Date: to be determined

Oh Martin!!!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Hi Debbie;

Based on your math, looks like it huh.

sign me up for something!

Lee

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Great Job Lee. I might to find a day that you are doing some of your work, but not too busy and take a field trip to visit you. I’m about 2 hr away.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Hi Karson,

No problem, I could do it on a weekend if that works for you! I’ll even make coffee. (well actually my wife will).

Would be fun.

Lee

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The next couple of weekends are taken care off and in early August I’m going to KC. I plan to meet Mark Decou and Kev in Kansas. So maybe in late August or early Sept.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Hi Karson,

Sounds good.

Lee

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Lee when you veeneer the legs do you do two sides at once?

-- Billp

Hi Bill;

I do the back first, then the two sides, then the front.

Hides the seams better this way.

Lee

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You know Lee we got part one and we are still waiting on Part 2.

I realize a busy man like you doesn’t have a lot of free time, and we are not going to pay for your time. So when ever you can fit it in.

But it should be cheaper at night, that’s when you are off the clock, right!

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Hello Lee , did you ever do that “chat” with MsDebbie ? I would love to hear it if you have , but I’m not sure how to operate the chat controls. It seems to always be the same “chat” on there all the time. That table is awesome but I am wondering what the dimensions are . Are those 5 gallon buckets behind the table for reference as to the size ?

-- Dusty56@comcast.net

No dusty, the chat didn’t happen, buy I’m still open to it. I found a couple mor pictures the other day si I’ll post them and call it part two for Karson! lol

He’s been sitting by the monitor waiting and waiting for me to post it! lol

That’s the problem with this site. It takes so much time to keep up.

I’ll post the dimensions of these tables, also.

Lee

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Hi Dusty;

I was out in the shop so I measured on of the blanks I have out there.

At the back, there 23 1/2” long. and from the wall out 11 1/2”. The proportions look good.

Lee

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Beautiful table Lee, great design work.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Thank you grumpy;

I found some much better pictures of it yesterday. The rosewood on the top is really beautiful.

I wonder where they were! lol

Lee

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